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Parliament Report 10/4
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 9 April. A student loan bill was passed while a bill on lobbying was drawn from the members’ ballot. Answers...
Parliament Report 26/3
The Government could be facing more heat over the Canterbury rebuild this year, with questions starting on resourcing for the education effort. The Government faces...
Parliament Report 19/3
Parliament was quiet last week. Many written questions were answered but the answers are not very exciting. This Parliament Report covers the week ending 18 March. Relevance:...
Key and Shearer Speeches (New Business Agency)
PM John Key announced public sector challenges today that were familiar in education (NCEA L2 and L4+ quals) as well as the creation of a new Ministry of Business,...
Why Did Tertiary Policy News Go Into Overdrive Yesterday?
There were four big tertiary education policy news stories yesterday, but only one was new news. Stories on student loans, graduate incomes and ITO mergers were...
Parliament Report 12/3
The focus this week was on the transition from school to tertiary and from welfare to work/tertiary education. This Parliament Report covers the period from 4 to...
Newsletter 9/3 (2012 Investment Plans)
Take on the Week Yesterday we released 2012 investment plan analyses for wananga, PTEs, ITOs, universities, ITPs and Skills for Canterbury. We apologise for putting...
Ministerial Delegations and Cabinet Committees 9/3
The Cabinet Office has posted Cabinet Committee membership and Ministerial delegations, with the most interesting parts being the roles of Pita Sharples and (especially)...
Parliament Report 5/3
The Royal Society Bill finally passed last week, bringing the humanities sector formally into the Royal Society. Welfare reform also made the news, with a focus...
Parliament Report 20/2
The week was pretty quiet other than a splash by the Greens’ Jan Logie over the Training Incentive Allowance. This Parliament Report covers the period from...
Newsletter 15/2 (Govt’s More Interventionist Agenda)
Take on the Week The Government is setting out a new tertiary education direction, shifting from a reliance on simple levers to becoming more interventionist. Since...
New Ministerial Roles Dec 2011
John Key has announced New Ministerial roles have been announced and Steven Joyce picks up almost everything relevant to tertiary education: Economic Development,...
Māori Party – National Coalition Agreement
The Māori and National Parties have reached a coalition agreement. The key tertiary education change is that vocational education training places are to be allocated...
Act & United Future Coalition Agreements with National
The National party has today released coalition deals with the United Future and Act parties. There are no major tertiary education initiatives in either of the...
Newsletter 1/12 – Who will be the Minister(s)?
Take on the Week The election was obviously the largest event of the last week, but it will lead to minimal changes for tertiary education. As we reported in reviews...
ACT Tertiary Education Policies
ACT has a good chance of being back in Parliament with 2-3 MPs, but has a limited focus on tertiary education in its policies, and its most significant policy, market...
United Future Tertiary Education Policies
United Future has many policies relevant to tertiary education, but it has not highlighted education amongst its top four issues for this election, nor did it include...
National Party Election Policies
National released tertiary education policy from early childhood through to tertiary education yesterday. In tertiary education, they have largely built on existing...
Business NZ Election Survey
Business NZ and Deloitte have released a document covering businesses’ views on education (and other issues), matched with political party policies. Businesses...
Parliament Report 12/10 (India Inquiry Released)
This Parliament Report covers the period from 24 September to 11 October. The House rose during the period and these reports will accordingly be briefer until after...
- University of Auckland – 2011 AR
- PBRF Changes Confirmed by TEC
- NZ 14th in Ranking of Higher Education Systems
- Newsletter 14/5 (Chch Recovery, MSI RFPs )
- Parliament Report 14/5
- Christchurch Draft Education Renewal Programme
- Labour Market Returns to Industry Training
- Parliament Report 7/5
- NZ University Academics’ Salaries – International Comparison
- Newsletter 4/5 (Student Loans/Allowances)
- Dave Guerin: Thanks for the feedback Pamela.It is good to see so much focus on youth transition issues from all...
- Pamela Jefferies: I am surprised that the same government that introduces these policies for youth axed the training...
- Dave Guerin: I don’t know if you need a Logan Edgar everywhere in normal times (his flair comes with quite a...
- Stephen Day: Your comments about OUSA are interesting. I’ve often thought the problem with modern students...
- Stephen Day: I guess in the greater scheme of things everything is connected by the overall budget. But people on...
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- News 18/5 – Top Dancer. School Funding. Fewer Couch Fires. May 17, 2012
- Are ITOs Doing More Business Training? May 17, 2012
- News 17/5 – Get Exporting! WIE Wins Dispute. Marine Resources. May 16, 2012
- News 16/5 – Premier Uni. Music Review. Tui. May 15, 2012
- News 15/5 – Nursing Investigation. Vet School. Name for Sale. May 14, 2012
- News 14/5 – World Class Salaries. Hotels and Feng Shui. Fatal Crash. May 14, 2012
- News 11/5 – Chch Renewal Plan. Land Purchase. Teaching Excellence. May 10, 2012
- Would you crowdfund a research project? May 9, 2012